Ahmed-Al-Omran

Offended Saudis: U.S Comedienne ‘Crosses the Line’

AHMED AL OMRAN: The American comedienne Chelsea Handler has stirred up a hornet’s nest of indignation in Saudi Arabia

 Common Ground News Service

‘Stereotype Killer’: Muslim Men Speak About Lives

‘Stereotype Killer’: Muslim Men Speak About Lives

NADIA MOHAMMAD, CGNEWS: Everyone seems to have an opinion on who and what Muslim men are. Time to ask the men themselves

 Common Ground News Service

Is Laughter the Middle East’s ‘Best Medicine’?

Is Laughter the Middle East’s ‘Best Medicine’?

SADIA ASHRAF, CGNEWS: What impact have the group of Arab comedians who emerged post 9/11 really had?

 Shelina Zahra Janmohamed

The Luscious Eyebrow: A Rite of Womanhood?

The Luscious Eyebrow: A Rite of Womanhood?

SHELINA ZAHRA JANMOHAMED: I’d like to say I’m the kind of woman who hasn’t bought into the social pressure to conform. But I have.

 James Mullan

World Cup jammers reveal lack of imagination

World Cup jammers reveal lack of imagination

Standing in the midst of a group of embarrassed Dutch supporters enduring the final I would have been glad of any interruption or diversion…